Memo to Iowa fans: Give Hyde time

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homerHAWKeye777

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I know that we all want domination NOW. Thus, the growing pains of a first-year starter is definitely can definitely have its irritating moments.

However, I urge you to remember how Bradley Fletcher looked before he was a SR. I urge you to remember how Godfrey was at CB, when he was a first-year starter at that spot. In the case of Godfrey, he was arguably WORSE than Hyde is now ... and yet Hyde doesn't benefit from the impressive measureables that Godfrey had in college. And yet, by the end of the '06 season, Godfrey actually started really coming into his own at the CB spot. And, after that, Godfrey ended up having a really good '07 season at CB (quite apart from the fact that our O sucked that year). Anyhow, Godfrey obviously ended up being a stud ... and now he's a NFL starter.

Similarly, Fletcher was absolutely ATROCIOUS up until possibly the latter half of his JR year ... and then you could really start noticing marked improvement in his play. Fletcher had shown flashes previously, however, consistency was the main thing that hindered his progress. Anyhow, by the time his SR campaign came along ... Fletcher ended up having a VERY IMPRESSIVE year ... and really helped our '08 D to be VERY good!

Anyhow, I anticipated that we'd invariably see some bumps along the road with Hyde as a starter at CB. However, I really think that the young man will develop into a special talent for us. As I've stated before ... we just need to give Hyde some time.

Thus, let us temper baseless criticisms of Hyde and instead provide him with proactive critiques and plenty of Hawkeye love and support. Our guys need us!
 
Fletcher isn't the only one. Spievey and Godfrey similarly had WTF!!! moments when they were neophytes.

Hyde has skills. Give him time.
 
Hyde is going to be good, but he has a long way to go before I mention him in the same breath as Godfrey, Fletcher, Spievey and Shada.
 
I think he does very well for true soph. He also gets thrown at more than any other DB. I think its been a little better every game.
 
i'm not saying he is a bad player, or he does nothing but makes mistakes, but you have to have an awfully sharp learning curve to jump into a starting role on a big ten team...I know he will get better and make less mistakes, but he has to learn quick from them and not repeat the mistakes. He isnt going to be a shutdown corner this year, but if he continues to let guys get behind him, we're going to get burned. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me...fool me repeatedly, maybe Minnesota is the life for me....
 
DJ Johnson, Jovon Johnson, and Antwaan Allen anyone? yeesh....Hyde will come into his own as everyone here has stated.
 
What's sad is that this post had to be made at all. Why people thought that he was going to jump right in this year and be a lock down corner is anyone's guess.

Hyde is gonna be a good one.
 
Suggest you also send your memo to the Wisky WRs he'll have to cover. Maybe they'll hold up a bit on their routes.
 
In the last few years the guys that have stepped in at corner have been fairly veteran. That makes a big difference.
 
The problem is he's the weak link on what could be an elite defense on a team that has a chance for the teams first rosebowl game in 20 years and first rosebowl win since the 50's. It's not fair to him, but that's the reality of the situation.

I don't think it's too much to ask that he not give up wide open 50 yard touchdown passes.
 
Clark said:
The problem is he's the weak link on what could be an elite defense on a team that has a chance for the teams first rosebowl game in 20 years and first rosebowl win since the 50's. It's not fair to him, but that's the reality of the situation.

I don't think it's too much to ask that he not give up wide open 50 yard touchdown passes.
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His mistakes as far as I have seen are all above the shoulder pads and those are the easiest to correct with time and experience. Physically, he is doing just fine.
 
okeefe4prez said:
Hyde is going to be good, but he has a long way to go before I mention him in the same breath as Godfrey, Fletcher, Spievey and Shada.
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And did you just really mention Adam Shada in the same sentence with Godrey and Spievey? Shada was easily one of the worst DB's in Iowa football history. I'd take Hyde over Shada already, no questions asked.
 
Clark said:
The problem is he's the weak link on what could be an elite defense on a team that has a chance for the teams first rosebowl game in 20 years and first rosebowl win since the 50's. It's not fair to him, but that's the reality of the situation.

I don't think it's too much to ask that he not give up wide open 50 yard touchdown passes.
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The issue there has to deal with his recognition of what the O is doing and him taking care of his responsibility. The problem has been that he's been caught looking in the backfield a few times ... and also, against Michigan, he seemingly got caught NOT KNOWING (or forgetting) what his responsibility was. Quite frankly that is what young guys sometimes do.

And, the fact of the matter is that given all the snaps that Hyde sees ... he doesn't make errors as frequenty as fans seem to suggest. However, I will say that he went into a "shell" a bit too much in the latter part of the 4th quarter because he was too afraid of screwing up. Hopefully he flushes those issues and moves on.
 
homerHAWKeye777 said:
The issue there has to deal with his recognition of what the O is doing and him taking care of his responsibility. The problem has been that he's been caught looking in the backfield a few times ... and also, against Michigan, he seemingly got caught NOT KNOWING (or forgetting) what his responsibility was. Quite frankly that is what young guys sometimes do.

And, the fact of the matter is that given all the snaps that Hyde sees ... he doesn't make errors as frequenty as fans seem to suggest. However, I will say that he went into a "shell" a bit too much in the latter part of the 4th quarter because he was too afraid of screwing up. Hopefully he flushes those issues and moves on.
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What we are seeing from Micah Hyde are classic "rookie" mistakes. He tends to overplay the run (and who wouldn't against a defense like Michigan's?) and overrun his pursuit (like a young LB often will). But he also excels in straight-up coverage...which has to be balanced against overcommitting on play-action.

I agree with the earlier poster who said he will get more "designed" help from the safeties in certain situations. They DBs just need to make sure they know their assignments and who has cover in run/pass/play-action situations.

We make it sound simple. It's not.

Hyde will do fine and have a very good career barring injury.
 
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